Video: Jeb Dunnuck looks at the La Peira 2011 vintage for the Wine Advocate (subscription required)

In advance of the much-awaited Wine Advocate reviews for the Languedoc-Roussillon, Jeb Dunnuck has recorded a video review for www.erobertparker.com looking at the La Pèira wine from the 2011 vintage (click above for link – subscription required).

The wines tasted:

2012 Deusyls de la Pèira Blanc
2011 Las Flors de la Pèira
2011 La Pèira

Jeb (previously of The Rhone Report) covers the wines of the Rhône Valley (North and South), Southern France, Washington, and Central & Southern California.

He takes over the Rhone Valley, and Central & Southern California from Robert Parker, and Southern France from David Schildknecht (whose past Wine Advocate La Pèira reviews can be found here (2008-2009) and here (2005-2007).

The forthcoming Southern France report features 258 Producers, and 854 wines, along with a Languedoc and Roussillon 101 section with descriptions of the AOCs and top producers from each.

So great for those wanting to familiarise themselves with the wheres and whats of these different growing regions.

Jeb’s past La Pèira reviews (for The Rhone Report) can be seen here.

La Peira | Video | Spring work | On the Vineyard and in the Winery | Terrasses du Larzac

The video below shows a little of the work in spring (2009) going on in the vineyard at La Pèira, and also in the winery. Hopefully it gives a feeling of the Terrasses du Larzac region. At the end it features a quick ascent of Mont Baudile (that overlooks La Pèira) for a different perspective.

Video doesn’t work? A larger-sized  version can he found here
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Perhaps one day this might be part of a series we hope to update looking at the work in the vineyard and chai as it progresses during through the year. Below is an image of one of the ancient fossilised shells (in this case an Oyster shell) mentioned in the video that can be found in the vineyard.

 

One of the fossilised Oyster shells as referred to in the soil section of the video above